Key Responsibility:

• Being the product champion for Electronic & IOT Business area, leading by example with passion and creativity
• Delivering category plans, shaping the short-term & long-term strategy; forward thinking & delivering for our customers
• Leading category to be integral from initial concept & enabling collaboration across the wider business
• Continually reviewing category performance to improve the customer offer and reduce cost
• Leading the teams to deliver financial targets, accurate sales and quantum profit budgets for the category
• Supporting the category strategy review process and strategic change programmes, translating the strategy into clear plans for team to drive category growth
• Working with Product, Supply Chain and Operation teams to deliver continuous improvements, great service levels
• Developing and driving new business model/channel to accelerate category growth
• Ensuring team to have great product availability for our customers and simplify the operation processes where possible
• Encouraging team to build long term supplier relationships, improving the trading position in a sustainable way and oversee the selling and buying plan ensuring there is supplier strategy to meet the total category plan
• Leading or supporting complex negotiations by my buying team meeting regularly with our supply base
• Challenging team to create great customer focused ranges and product innovation across all formats, channels and affluence levels, supported by the right sourcing plan
• Reviewing and responding to weekly trading results and competitor actions, ensuring price is competitive for our customers and profitable
• Supporting the category trade and events plan with market leading, customer insight driven promotions and events
• Forecasting and managing budgets effectively, always being cost conscious and Stock monitoring/Improve customer working collaboration
• Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence
• Coaching and developing team to deliver their performance and ensure a strong talent pipeline
• Developing and leading a high performing team, giving them the opportunities to be their best to achieve KPIs and improve the category for customers

Qualifications:

• 7-10 years of related work experience in commercial with extensive experience in Retail Business/General Merchandise would be preferable
• Bachelors' degree or higher
• Familiar with Electronics business management, high complexity and fast paced environment
• Strong process orientation and scalable solutions to complex problems
• Strong leadership skill and high resilience
• Negotiation, Supplier management, Stakeholder management, Data analysis and Leadership skills
• Category Management and Commercial Acumen as well as developing Category Strategy
• Experience in working cross functionally to deliver step change projects
• Leading a team to strategically achieve business targets

CP AXTRA | Lotus's
CP AXTRA Public Company Limited.
Nawamin Office: Buengkum, Bangkok 10230, Thailand

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